While obviously this isn't realistic, I wonder if it were possible to start a streaming service on pirated media.

The infra is there already, just charge 5 bucks for high quality streaming. I'd gladly pay for that!

There are a few for $15-$20/month. Dig through torrentfreak news and you will find some services which are supposedly shutdown but they aren't.

I’ve heard people repeating these apparently random words: stremio, torrentio, real-debrid. Never tried googling them myself